User blog comment:LegionZero/Everything We Know about DMC5 So Far/@comment-195.67.78.50-20190110090837

This list should also add that the development team, in terms of the photo-realism, were aiming for something Hollywood movie-esque (like The Avengers), that the reason DMC5 takes places after DMC2 will be understood by the former's story, that there are some hidden weapons, and that DLC characters are considered by the development team. Source.